fried bananas
Golden cooked fruit
Fried bananas are banana slices or whole bananas cooked in oil or butter, often with sugar or cinnamon.
A staple in many cuisines—from Southern American cooking to Southeast Asian street food—they can be battered, caramelized, or simply pan-fried: We had fried bananas with ice cream for dessert.
The dish goes by various names including bananas foster and pisang goreng.
- plantainsStarchy banana relatives
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
- brown sugarMolasses-flavored granulated sweetener
- crispyBrittle and snapping
- hot oilHeated cooking fat
golden · sweet · dessert · caramel sauce · ice cream · tropical · oil · sugar · cinnamon · street food · street vendor · Thai · Southeast Asian · sizzling · warm · honey · coconut · sticky
- Khmer foodamok, jasmine rice, sticky rice, rice noodles, fish sauce
- Thai sweetsmango sticky rice, coconut custard, tako, coconut pudding, black sticky rice
- bananasplantain, plantains, bunch, bunches, fingers
- fried foodsonion rings, chicken nuggets, corn dogs, corn dog, tater tots
- street foodtacos, kebabs, skewers, satay, dumplings
- fried doughdonut, donuts, doughnut, doughnuts, beignet